2011–12 Miami Heat season

2011–12 Miami Heat season
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Head coach	Erik Spoelstra
General manager	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Micky Arison
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	46–20 (.697)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions (Defeated Thunder 4–1)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Sun Sports
Radio	790 The Ticket

The 2011–12 Miami Heat season is the franchise's 24th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They came into the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions, the second season playing with the "Big Three" of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh, and the fourth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra. Prior to the beginning of the season, they looked to bounce back from their disappointing finish to the previous year where they lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Following the 2011 NBA lockout the Heat played only 66 games this season. They won their division for the 9th time and appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 5th time. For the second year in a row, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh were all selected to the NBA All-Star Game, tying the record for the most Heat players in an All-Star game in franchise history.

On June 9, 2012, the Heat beat the Boston Celtics to advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year and 3rd time in franchise history. On June 21, the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder, 4–1, following their 121–106 Game 5 victory to become the 2012 NBA Champions, the 2nd Championship for the franchise. LeBron James was awarded the 2012 NBA Finals MVP.

Key dates

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
December 9: The free agency period started.
December 18: The Heat pre-season started with a game against the Orlando Magic.
December 25: The Heat avenged their 2011 NBA Finals loss with a 105–94 win over the Dallas Mavericks to open the season.
December 27: The Heat won their home opener against the Boston Celtics 115–107.
February 7: With a 19–6 season start, the Heat marked their best start in franchise history.
February 14: The Heat became the first team to win three road games (Hawks, Bucks, & Pacers) on three consecutive nights by double digits since the 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks.
February 23: The Heat went into the All Star Break with their best win percentage (.794) in team history.
February 25–26: The 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend took place.
April 3: The Heat clinched a playoff spot with a 99–93 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
April 15: The Heat clinched a back to back (9th) Southeast Division title with a 93–85 win over the New York Knicks.
April 22: The Heat defeated the Houston Rockets 97–88 in their final regular season home game.
April 24: The Heat clinched the 2nd seed for the Eastern Conference after losing to the Boston Celtics 78–66.
April 26: The Heat ended the regular season with a 104–70 loss against the Washington Wizards.
May 9: The Heat defeated the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round, advancing to the Conference Semi-Finals.
May 24: The Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, advancing to the Conference Finals.
June 9: The Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, advancing to the 2012 NBA Finals.
June 21: The Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, winning the franchise's second championship. LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP.

Season summary

When the Heat made it all the way to the finals in Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh's first year playing together, they were seen as heavy favorites from the Eastern Conference to return in 2012. The team's original starting lineup was:
C – Joel Anthony
PF – Chris Bosh
SF – LeBron James
SG – Dwyane Wade
PG – Mario Chalmers

The starting lineup would go through a lot of changes as the season went on. The finals lineup in the NBA Finals is listed below.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	31	Bojan Bogdanović (traded to Minnesota Timberwolves)	SF/SG	Croatia	Fenerbahçe Ülker

Roster

2011–12 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
5.5 !F/C	50	Anthony, Joel	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1982–08–09	UNLV
4.0 !F	31	Battier, Shane	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1978–09–09	Duke
4.0 !F	1	Bosh, Chris	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1984–05–19	Georgia Tech
1.5 !G	15	Chalmers, Mario	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–03–24	Kansas
1.5 !G	30	Cole, Norris	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1988–10–13	Cleveland State
6.0 !C	34	Curry, Eddy	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	1982–12–05	Thornwood HS (IL)
1.5 !G	14	Harris, Terrel	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–08–10	Oklahoma State
4.0 !F	40	Haslem, Udonis (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1980–06–09	Florida
4.0 !F	5	Howard, Juwan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1973–02–07	Michigan
4.0 !F	6	James, LeBron (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1984–12–30	St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (OH)
4.0 !F	22	Jones, James	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–10–04	Miami (FL)
2.5 !G/F	13	Miller, Mike	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1980–02–19	Florida
6.0 !C	45	Pittman, Dexter	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	308 lb (140 kg)	1988–03–02	Texas
6.0 !C	21	Turiaf, Ronny	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1983-01-13	Gonzaga
1.5 !G	3	Wade, Dwyane (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1982–01–17	Marquette

Head coach

Erik Spoelstra

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Pre-season

2011 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 18	Orlando	W 118–85	LeBron James (19)	Udonis Haslem (9)	Norris Cole (8)	American Airlines Arena 20,100	1–0
2	December 21	@ Orlando	L 100–104	LeBron James (27)	Chris Bosh (7)	Chris Bosh (4)	Amway Center 19,045	1–1

2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Miami Heat	46	20	.697	–	28–5	18–15	9–5
x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	6	23–10	17–16	11–3
x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	9	21–12	16–17	8–7
Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	26	11–22	9–24	7–7
Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	39	4–29	3–30	1–14

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–
2	y-Miami Heat	46	20	.697	4
3	x-Indiana Pacers	42	24	.636	8
4	y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	11
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	10
6	x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	13
7	x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	14
8	x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	15

9	Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19
10	Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25
11	Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	27
12	New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	28
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29
14	Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	30
15	Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	43

Game log

2011–12 game log
Total: 46–20 (Home: 28–5; Road: 18–15)

December: 4–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 3–0)

January: 12–5 (Home: 9–2; Road: 3–3)

February: 11–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 6–2)

March: 10–6 (Home: 6–0; Road: 4–6)

April: 9–7 (Home: 7–3; Road: 2–4)

2011–12 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2012 playoff game log
Total: 16–7 (Home: 11–2; Road: 5–5)

First Round: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)

Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)

Conference Finals: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)

NBA Finals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)

2012 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Joel Anthony	64	51	21.1	.559	.000	.690	3.9	0.1	0.56	1.31	3.4
Shane Battier	65	10	23.1	.387	.339	.622	2.4	1.3	0.98	0.51	4.8
Chris Bosh	57	57	35.2	.487	.286	.821	7.9	1.8	0.89	0.79	18.0
Mario Chalmers	64	64	28.5	.448	.388	.792	2.7	3.5	1.52	0.17	9.8
Norris Cole	65	2	19.4	.393	.276	.776	1.4	2.0	0.68	0.03	6.8
Eddy Curry	14	1	5.9	.462	.000	.750	0.9	0.1	0.00	0.14	2.1
Mickell Gladness *	8	0	3.5	.333	.000	.000	1.4	0.3	0.13	0.13	0.3
Terrel Harris	22	1	14.5	.349	.205	.667	2.3	1.2	0.41	0.09	3.6
Udonis Haslem	64	10	24.8	.423	.000	.814	7.3	0.7	0.55	0.38	6.0
Juwan Howard	28	0	6.8	.309	.000	.800	1.7	0.4	0.14	0.04	1.5
LeBron James	62	62	37.5	.531	.362	.771	7.9	6.2	1.85	0.81	27.1
James Jones	51	10	13.1	.380	.404	.833	1.0	0.4	0.33	0.18	3.6
Mike Miller	39	2	19.3	.435	.453	.400	3.3	1.1	0.36	0.15	6.1
Dexter Pittman	35	6	8.6	.468	.000	.643	2.0	0.3	0.23	0.23	3.0
Ronny Turiaf *	13	5	17.0	.533	.000	.591	4.5	0.4	0.62	1.08	3.5
Dwyane Wade	49	49	33.2	.497	.268	.791	4.8	4.6	1.67	1.29	22.1

Lead team

Stats as of match played on April 26, 2012 (66 matches played)^[1]
* Stats with the Heat.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Joel Anthony	17	1	19.4	.586	.000	.800	3.2	0.1	0.29	0.94	3.2
Shane Battier	23	16	33.4	.379	.382	.813	3.2	1.2	0.96	0.61	7.0
Chris Bosh	14	10	31.4	.493	.538	.827	7.8	0.6	0.43	1.00	14.0
Mario Chalmers	23	23	35.6	.442	.359	.717	3.7	3.9	1.22	0.26	11.3
Norris Cole	19	0	8.9	.324	.250	.778	0.5	0.6	0.37	0.00	1.8
Eddy Curry	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Terrel Harris	4	0	2.5	.500	.000	.750	0.8	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.3
Udonis Haslem	22	11	20.5	.455	.000	.743	6.4	0.6	0.23	0.27	4.8
Juwan Howard	9	0	2.7	.286	.000	.750	0.1	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.8
LeBron James	23	23	42.7	.500	.259	.739	9.7	5.6	1.87	0.70	30.3
James Jones	20	0	8.7	.372	.300	1.000	1.0	0.1	0.15	0.05	2.6
Mike Miller	23	0	16.0	.404	.413	.818	2.5	0.7	0.39	0.09	5.2
Dexter Pittman	3	1	2.7	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.3	0.00	0.33	0.0
Ronny Turiaf	12	7	10.1	.556	.000	.273	2.6	0.1	0.08	0.67	1.9
Dwyane Wade	23	23	39.4	.462	.294	.729	5.2	4.3	1.70	1.30	22.8

Lead team

Stats as of match played on June 21, 2012 (23 matches played)

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

On January 3, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (December 25 – January 1).
On January 9, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (January 2 – January 8).
On January 30, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (January 23 – January 29).
On February 3, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Month (December – January).
On February 20, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (February 13 – February 19).
On March 1, 2012 Erik Spoelstra was named Eastern Conference's Coach of the Month (February).
On March 2, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Month (February).
On April 9, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (April 2 – April 8).
On April 23, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (April 16 – April 22).

All-Star

LeBron James was voted to his 8th consecutive NBA All-Star Game as a starter (8th consecutive time as a starter).
Dwyane Wade was voted to his 8th consecutive NBA All-Star Game (7th consecutive time as a starter).
Chris Bosh was selected to his 7th consecutive NBA All-Star Game (5th consecutive time as a reserve).
Mario Chalmers and James Jones were selected to participate in the 2012 NBA All-Star Three-point Shootout.
Rookie Norris Cole was selected to participate in the 2012 Rising Stars challenge.

Season

On May 12, 2012 LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 3rd time (1st with the Heat).^[2]
On May 23, 2012 LeBron James was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the 4th consecutive time (2nd with the Heat).^[3]
On May 24, 2012 LeBron James was named to the All-NBA First Team.^[4]
On May 24, 2012 Dwyane Wade was named to the All-NBA Third Team.^[4]

Playoffs

On June 21, 2012 LeBron James was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

Records

On February 3, 2012 LeBron James became the youngest player to have reached 18,000 career points.
On April 19, 2012 LeBron James became the youngest player to have reached 19,000 career points.

Milestones

On February 3, 2012 LeBron James reached 18,000 career points.
On March 26, 2012 Dwyane Wade reached 600 career blocks.^[5]
On April 19, 2012 LeBron James reached 19,000 career points.

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2011

To Miami Heat

Norris Cole

To Minnesota Timberwolves

Bojan Bogdanović
2014 Second-Round Pick
Cash Considerations

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Mario Chalmers	Signed 3 Year Contract For $12.0 Million	Miami Heat
Juwan Howard	Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.32 Million	Miami Heat
James Jones	Signed 3 Year Contract For $4.5 Million	Miami Heat
Shane Battier	Signed 3 Year Contract For $9.4 Million	Memphis Grizzlies
Eddy Curry	Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.22 Million	Minnesota Timberwolves
Mickell Gladness	Signed 1 Year Contract For $171,872	Dakota Wizards (D-League)
Terrel Harris	Signed 1 Year Contract For $473,604	Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League)

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Mike Bibby	Free Agent	New York Knicks
Erick Dampier	Free Agent	Atlanta Hawks
Jamaal Magloire	Free Agent	Toronto Raptors
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas	Retired
Mickell Gladness	Waived	Golden State Warriors
Eddie House	Waived

References

↑ "2011–12 Heat Regular Statistics". NBA. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
↑ "LeBron James wins 2012 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 12, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
↑ "Heat's James top vote-getter among All-Defensive Team picks". NBA. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
1 2 "LeBron, Durant highlight 2011-12 All-NBA First Team". NBA. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
↑ "Danny Granger nets 25 as Pacers hand Heat 2nd straight double-digit loss". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

External links

Official site of the Miami Heat

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Regular season Playoffs

2011–12 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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Outstanding Team ESPY Award winners

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1994: Toronto Blue Jays
1995: New York Rangers
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1997: New York Yankees
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2004: Detroit Pistons
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2006: Pittsburgh Steelers
2007: Indianapolis Colts
2008: Boston Celtics
2009: Los Angeles Lakers
2010: New Orleans Saints
2011: Dallas Mavericks
2012: Miami Heat
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2015: US women's national soccer team
2016: Cleveland Cavaliers

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2011–12 Miami Heat season

Key dates

Season summary

Draft picks

Roster

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Playoffs

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References

External links